Results 141-160 of 6,769 for speaker:Darren O'Rourke

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Social Media (6 Mar 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 47. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures he is taking to regulate the use of social media by children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10172/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (6 Mar 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 145. To ask the Minister for Health when a person in County Meath (details supplied) will receive a CAMHS appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10178/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (6 Mar 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 167. To ask the Minister for Health if she plans to protect and enhance services at Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan, including the emergency department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10179/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (5 Mar 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered legislative or regulatory changes to aid the fast-track delivery of temporary school building accommodation to increase special school- and special class-provision for September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9992/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Transfers (5 Mar 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 215. To ask the Minister for Health when a transfer will be facilitated for a person (details supplied) to CIRRUS Rehabilitation Unit, Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10174/25]

Oideachas trí Mheán na Gaeilge: Tairiscint [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] (4 Mar 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: Mo bhuíochas leis an Teachta Ó Snodaigh as an rún seo a chur faoi bhráid na Dála. Tá mé ag labhairt mar urlabhraí oideachais mo pháirtí, ach níos tábhachtaí arís, tá mé ag labhairt mar thuismitheoir páistí ar mhaith liom go mbeadh oideachas trí mheán na Gaeilge acu. Teastaíonn an deis...

Policing and Community Safety: Statements (4 Mar 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: I want to return to the issue of Garda numbers, as I often do, in regard to County Meath. County Meath is the county with the lowest number of gardaí per head of population, something which has been the case for a long time. By way of comparison, in 2009 there were 315 gardaí in County Meath, with a population at that time of 172,000 people. At the end of 2024, there were 316...

Policing and Community Safety: Statements (4 Mar 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: Can I call for a quorum? We do not have a quorum. We need five in the Chamber. Is that the case? I think it is. It is an important debate.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (4 Mar 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: I raise the research published today or yesterday by the ESRI, which shows the crucial role of the school completion programme in supporting student attendance and engagement and highlights staffing and funding challenges. Among the major issues highlighted is the lack of referral pathways into therapies. Will that be looked at with a view to potentially delivering school-based therapies?...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (4 Mar 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 34. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education and disability will meet next. [8320/25]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Mar 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: Anyone interested in the issue will have heard the Taoiseach's previous answer in regard to SOSAD Ireland, which the Minister of State handed to him, ten times over. That reply does not answer the question he was asked. I will ask it again. The question relates to interim funding to keep the doors open on these vital services between now and when SOSAD Ireland can continue to engage in the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (4 Mar 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 131. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on fare restructuring; when the new structure will be finally implemented following the delay since autumn 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9241/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann (4 Mar 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 146. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on Bus Éireann driver and mechanic recruitment in the past six months, particularly as it relates to services in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9243/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (4 Mar 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 247. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the Navan rail project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9240/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (4 Mar 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 301. To ask the Minister for Finance when the residential zoned land tax maps will be finalised; when the tax will be levied; the rate at which it will be levied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9250/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (4 Mar 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 365. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which revised salary and annual leave entitlements for school caretakers will be introduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9136/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Inquiries (4 Mar 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when school secretaries and caretakers will be included in the public service pension scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9137/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (4 Mar 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 611. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will identify the posts in children’s disability network teams in Meath; the posts filled and vacant at 25 February 2025; the length of time the vacant posts have been vacant, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9309/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (4 Mar 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 631. To ask the Minister for Health if she will identify the posts in children’s primary care disability services in Meath; the posts filled and vacant at 25 February 2025; the length of time the vacant posts have been vacant, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9308/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Education Policy (27 Feb 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 8. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how she intends to deliver on the programme for Government commitment to expand opportunities for students to attend Gaelscoileanna and Gaelcholáistí; if it is her commitment, as it was her predecessor’s, to “work towards doubling the number of young people currently in Irish-medium schools” (details supplied); and...